Finistère

    • Le Faou église Saint-Sauveur
    Le Faou / Finistère

    Le Faou lies in one of the rias or long narrow inlets in Brest harbour and is on the route to get to the Presqu’île de Crozon. It was once a bustling port what with the transport of oak and especially beech (ar faou in Breton) from the trees that stood in Le Cranou forest. From its golden age in the 16C the village has kept many corbelled houses built of shale and granite and also the church of Saint Sauveur.

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    • By the waterside : The estuary of the River Sterir Coz

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    Locronan / Finistère

    Locronan gets its name from Saint Ronan, the hermit who founded the town in the 10C. It reached its peak in the 16C thanks to the sailcloth industry, with one of the biggest customers being the East India Company. The granite village has been wonderfully preserved and still has very fine Renaissance houses and a magnificent 15C church.

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    • Abbeys and churches : Church of Saint Ronan, Pénity and Notre Dame de Bonne Nouvelle Chapels
    • Gastronomy : Kouign-amann (puff pastry gateau made with butter and sugar), savoury pancakes
    • Panoramas : sight from Locronan's Mountain (Plas Ar Horn)

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